Experience

Frasers Group

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Legal and Company Secretary

  • Jul 2019 - Present



Sports Direct

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Legal and Company Secretary

  • Jul 2019 - Present

• Legal Counsel (Property)

  • Feb 2017 - Present



Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate

  • Apr 2015 - Feb 2017

  Development:o Acting on the purchase of a £39,000,000 site in Canary Wharf to be used as a 706 bed Co-living space.o Experience in all types of site acquisitions including option agreements, conditional contracts, “Golden Brick” contracts and sale and leaseback arrangements.o Drafting and negotiating overage agreements (including both sales and density overage).o Negotiating planning and infrastructure agreements including s.106, s.38, s.104 and s.278 agreements.o Acting on disposals of ground rent portfolios to include service of s.5 notices on the tenants.Landlord and Tenant:o Acting on leases of “POP” projects. These are temporary villages with lease terms from 2 – 5 years. The units are let to start up business and entrepreneurs in the local area with an obligation on the tenants in their leases to contribute a certain number of hours per week to local community or mentoring projects.o Advising a national developer on a lease agreement with construction obligations for an office building with an annual rental income of £900,000.Institutional Investors/Corporate Real Estate:o Advising an investor acquiring shares in a care home company with a portfolio of 15 care home sites throughout England.International/Regulatoryo Acting for offshore banks lending funds to be secured on UK assets in particular advice regarding the Mortgage Conduct of Business Rules as amended by the Mortgage Credit Directive.o Assisting colleagues in the Minneapolis office with auditing 350 leases throughout the U.S. dealing with specific enquiries raised in the leases by in-house counsel and the client’s accountants.o Assisting colleagues in the US with auditing 683 titles of land located in Minnesota and Wisconsin for a large US based energy provider.



McGuireWoods LLP

• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2015



Eversheds

• Solicitor

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2014

  Development:o Acting for developers in site set ups for residential and mixed use developments. These include drafting plot contracts and leases to include complex service charge regimes (including district CHP provisions).o Acting on complex plot transactions including the sale of 28 units at a development to the United States Government. This involved legal advice regarding diplomatic immunity of the purchaser. Landlord and Tenant:o Advising a fashion label in relation to a lease of a unit at Westfield Shopping Centre. This lease included turnover rent provisions.Institutional Investors/Corporate Real Estate:o Acting for an offshore investor in the sale of a residential development portfolio of 555 units over a number of different sites for £105 million to an institutional lender.



Foreman Laws Solicitors

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Solicitor

  • Sep 2006 - Nov 2011



Aragon and MacIntyre Housing Associations

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2010